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No joke -- Conficker worm set to explode on April Fool's Day
Conficker has been the most effective worm in a number of years, with perhaps nine million machines infected worldwide -- but the full impact of its threat has yet to be seen, Ben Greenbaum, senior research manager for Symantec Security Response told SCMagazineUS.com Friday.
With the first two variants of Conficker, malware authors were aiming to propagate the worm further and grow their botnet, he said. But with the latest version -- dubbed W32.Downadup.C -- malware authors will strengthen their hold on infected computers.
That's because when it activates, version C will prevent certain security products and services from running and will block infected computers from connecting with certain security websites, Greenbaum said. The list of security processes that the component attacks include some popular tools, including Wireshark, procmon, TCPView, and RegMon.
In addition, the worm's authors moved from a 250-a-day domain-generation algorithm to a new one that generates 50,000 domain names.
The new variant is designed so zombie machines check in with these websites -- usually about 500 per computer -- each day for further instructions or updates, Don DeBolt, director of threat research at IT management software vendor CA, told SCMagazineUS.com Friday.
When an infected machine "calls home," it can obtain new functionality, he said.
"We expect to see significant traffic on top-level domain servers, and ancillary traffic across the net, as a result of live Conficker installs attempting to call home," he said.
The purpose of generating and attempting to contact so many URLs is to make it more difficult for security researchers to find the malicious sites that are giving the bots instructions.
"The idea is to hide a needle in a haystack," DeBolt said.
The new version of the worm is considered a response to the successful cracking of the W32.Downadup.B worm. Last month, Microsoft formed a coalition, nicknamed the Conficker Cabal, with technology industry leaders and academia to fight the Conficker worm. The coalition worked with the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) to preregister the domain names before the Conficker authors could do so.
With the new variant, malware authors are trying to make it more difficult to preregister all the potential domain names, Greenbaum said.
Security researchers said that so far, the purpose of the worm has been to establish a botnet, but its true purpose has yet to be determined.
"The end game of the malware authors is still in question," DeBolt said.
It could potentially be used for denial-of-service attacks, to harvest personally identifiable information from victims or to send spam, researchers said.
"The potential impact is quite large," Greenbaum said. "Even if every infected machine is instructed to download a keylogger and capture passwords, that's quite an impact itself. It's just a matter of what they choose to do with the rather large installation base."

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Thompson said the problem is that when officers are escorting a funeral from town, there might be 15-20 cars with an officer leading and maybe one in back, but the vehicles in between the officers get stretched out.
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Congratulations are in order for Sena Leach, the Associate Director of the Health Law Section for the last five years. She has taken a new job with Radiological Society of North America. Sena will work directly with the Research and Education Foundation to provide strategic guidance to its Board and Committee Leadership. This is a fabulous opportunity for her. What's more it is only ten minutes from her home. Now, she can avoid the difficult Chicago commute and have more time to spend with her two children and husband. The Section Council is very happy for this opportunity for Sena.
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Ahh Simone, if only I had some Ysart butterfly weights - that was me pulling Kev's leg - when he said he had been spoiled by Ysart I thought what about all the 1840-60s Baccarat butterfly weights you have :wink: - no offence meant. I would take a Ysart over a Baccarat even though there is £2,000 difference LOLAdam P
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On a par with the Vasart butterflies, has to be Willie Manson and John Deacons
... thought to be by W Manson - or Strathearn - actually I contacted Willy and his son said he recognised it as his Father's work - under Paul
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A nine-week program is designed to help overweight Kane children learn how to lead healthier lives.Called "KidShape," the program begins Thursday from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Kane Middle School cafeteria and gymnasium.A total of 16 children in kindergarten through eighth grade have registered for the nationally recognized family-based weight management program. A parent or guardian must accompany their children to each session.Erin Lundeen, nurse for the Kane Elementary School and Kane Middle School, said the participating children will learn about "eating healthy" and "increasing physical activity."According to the Mayo Clinic, the rate of obesity has doubled for pre-schoolers and adolescents and has more than tripled for children ages 6 to 11.Lundeen said the "obesity epidemic" is "a cause for alarm" in Kane.Nearly half of the 268 students at the Kane Middle School have a "body mass index (BMI)" that indicates an overweight condition, Lundeen said. She said 222 of the 565 students in the elementary school are considered overweight based on their BMI. This figures to be 47 percent of the school enrollment, she said.Lundeen said statistics show that 34 percent of the U.S. children in kindergarten through eighth grade are considered overweight. She said Kane is "above the national average" for obesity.Lundeen blames the local "obesity epidemic" on the "sedimentary lifestyle" of children as well as their daily consumption of "soda and junk food."She said many children "sit and watch television or play video games" and are failing to "get out and exercise.""In some cases, there isn't any physical activity," she said.As a result of the "obesity epidemic" in Kane, Lundeen said she is seeing school children "with high blood pressure" and with indicators of diabetes and asthma. She said overweight children also face "self-esteem" issues.The KidShape program offered by the Highmark Foundation helps children and their families through better nutrition and increased physical activity. The program, which is supported by the Kane school administration, also is designed to improve self-esteem.See full article by purchasing the March 7 edition of The Kane Republican.


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When I get my Maemo 5 device, I imagine I will want to show it off to other people, and let other people try it out for themselves, as it looks like it will be very 'touchable' and nice and easy to use. I would like to do this because of being proud of the device, and this also might encourage other people to get one.
However, there may be some content on the device (pictures, to-do items, documents, emails, etc.) that I would rather not show to the person to which I'm handing the device. I would like to brainstorm ways of keeping such things private.
Note that I realise that if someone was determined and had long enough, they could bypass security in any number of ways and this Brainstorm idea isn't about that. This idea is about very short term (a few minutes probably) lending of the device to guests, where I will usually be present beside them, and is only designed to cover preventation of casual or accidental snooping of private stuff.
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XF14mmF2.8 R is the widest prime lens in the lineup. There are other lenses like the XF10-24mm that covers the same focus range, but the XF14mm never fails to draw attention of the photographers.
In fact, the lens is one of the best selling ultra wide angle prime lens not only for the X mount, but all other mount included.
The reason is the sharp image quality that the lens delivers. The lens is praised as said "There isn't any distortion. XF14mm proves it was wrong to assume that the distortion was unavoidable for the ultra wide angle lens"
The XF14mm was successful in eliminating distortion with only the aid of optical design. There is no electronic correction applied. "No electronic correction" leaves surprisingly large impact on the image quality.
Why? The image quality of high frequency range is sacrificed with the electronic correction. And the because of that, the sharpness gets lost. We tried to avoid this with the XF14mm.
Let's take a look at the lens construction. You will see that the lens is placed even very near to the sensor surface. You will also notice that large diameter lenses are placed behind the diaphragm.
If you follow the light beam, you will find that the it hits perpendicular to the the sensor surface. You will not find any part of light beam that shows a steep curve. The lens is built so that the light source is kept at its optimum quality.
You will not find such design for the DSLRs. There is the mirror box placed in front of the sensor, so it is physically impossible to place the lens in the position. And not all mirrorless cameras can do what the XF14mm does. The mount design has to be wide enough to allow such large diameter lens.
XF14mm is the lens that shows the potential of X-mount both in terms of image quality and lens design.
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Genuine emotion in the halls of One Patriot Place?
Another contract negotiation that benefited both the team and the player, and didn't involve both sides ramming their heads into a wall repeatedly and disrespecting said player?
Who are these people running Gillette Stadium and what have you done with the Patriots?
Long chided nationally — and in some pockets locally — the Patriots appear to have evolved from their iron-fisted ways of dealing with players and contracts.
The Patriots were the organization that rarely smiled, didn't reveal much (still don't), and didn't show much emotion off the playing field.
They pursued excellence with a ruthlessness that served them very well with unparalleled success in an era designed to promote parity.
But after tight end Aaron Hernandez walked into the office of owner Robert Kraft after signing a $37.5 million contract extension Monday (his contract runs through 2018, and is effectively a seven-year deal at $41.115 million) and tearfully presented a $50,000 check for the Myra Kraft Giving Back Fund, the organization doesn't look like it will be the same.
"One of the touching moments since I've owned the team," Kraft said.
One that came straight from Hernandez's heart.
"He changed my life," Hernandez said of Kraft. "Now, I'm able to basically have a good chance to be set for life and have a good life and I have a daughter on the way [Nov. 12], and I have a family that I love.
"It's just knowing that they're going to be OK, because I was happy playing for $250,000, $400,000. But knowing that my kids and my family will be able to have a good life, go to college, it's just an honor that he did that for me. He gave me this opportunity. So the $50,000 to help his foundation, obviously it's basically saying thank you."
Wouldn't be surprised if coach Bill Belichick, the placid face and monotone voice of The Franchise, had his own special moment with Hernandez.
How could you not?
Hernandez, behind the tattooed and pierced exterior, is a kind, mild-mannered person with a heart of gold, despite some rough times growing up in Bristol, Conn.
The man his closest friends and family call, "Chico" drifted some as a teenager and might have flown completely off the map after his father, Dennis, died unexpectedly from complications after hernia surgery when Hernandez was 16. Dennis was Aaron's world, and it sent him spinning like a top. But older brother, D.J., who is now an offensive graduate assistant at the University of Miami, kept his little brother on a track to take advantage of his tremendous athletic gifts.
Hernandez still had maturity issues from time to time, and failed drug tests at the University of Florida are the reason he lasted until the fourth round of the 2010 draft, when the Patriots took him with the 113th selection.
Those mistakes cost him a lot of money. His signing bonus was $200,000, and nearly half his salaries each season were made up of roster and workout bonuses in order to provide a carrot for Hernandez to be all that he could be.
He has, and now stands at the precipice of becoming the favorite and most dangerous target for quarterback Tom Brady on a Super Bowl quest.
That's why the Patriots felt Hernandez had matured enough where he could handle a new contract that includes a $12.5 million signing bonus, with $16 million guaranteed.
It's the second-richest extension for a tight end in league history, and the signing bonus is the highest ever at the position.
"Bill and all them can negotiate with me, but [Kraft's] the one that has the final decision and him saying, 'I want you around here for the next seven years' is saying he really wants me to be a part of his family," Hernandez said. "He didn't need to give me the amount he gave me and knowing he thinks I deserve that and he trusts me to make the right decisions, it means a lot. It means he trusts in my character and the person I am, which means a lot. My mother [Terri], that's how she raised me."
Hernandez's deal averages more the first four years than that of Rob Gronkowski, an All-Pro last season, and has more in true guaranteed money. (It's $12 million for Gronkowski, and another $5 million if he's on the roster in 2015.) Gronkowski only sees the final $37 million of his deal if he's healthy and productive in 2016.
The 22-year-old is here and he'll get his money.
So the Patriots have their dynamic tight end duo through at least 2015, and possibly 2018, when Hernandez will be a free agent at 29. Gronkowski, if his 2016 option is picked up, is signed through 2019 when he'll be 31.
Contracts are the other area in which the Patriots are breaking free of their 1980s-like chains.
This is the third contract the Patriots have renegotiated early in the past eight months, following linebacker Jerod Mayo and Gronkowski.
Mayo's extension didn't seem to be anything new for the team, since it had already redone his deal in March of 2010. Mayo seemed to be the "Do we have extra cap space? OK, let's use it on our guy," that almost every team has.
With Gronkowski, you weren't quite sure because his agent, Drew Rosenhaus, had done some curious team-friendly extensions while rumors persisted that he was in trouble financially. That has been alleged in subsequent reports from Yahoo! Sports, but Rosenhaus did a good deal that benefited Gronkowski and the team.
But now, after Hernandez's deal, we can officially say the Patriots have moved into the 21st century as far as salary-cap management. Their propensity to take players to the end of their deals, then engage in verbal combat when it came time for a new one, not only dragged on the players but it kept the Patriots from using all the possible advantages under a salary cap.
It long has been one of the most glaring, perplexing weaknesses of an organization that is so far ahead of everyone else in just about every other area.
It's simple. You identify core young players who are low risk from busting after getting paid.
Go to them two or three years early, and in exchange for paying them well before the end of their contract, the team saves millions in future salary cap charges.
It's the definition of win-win. There was no excuse why the Patriots didn't do it with guard Logan Mankins. And it sure looks like the team learned a lesson from that very contentious negotiation, and has made a wise correction.
Emotion and forward-thinking cap economics?
Whoever that team is masquerading as the Patriots, they have evolved, and they stand to be even better for it.Greg A. Bedard can be reached at email@example.com. Follow him on Twitter @gregabedard.


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ROTC cadets raise funds for trip to France
ROTC cadets raise funds for trip to France
OMAHA, Neb. —
A trip of a lifetime has some junior ROTC cadets on the move, trying to raise thousands of dollars in a walk-a-thon.
The cadets from Benson High Magnet School are picked to represent Nebraska at next year's D-Day Memorial Parade in France, but they need to pay their own way there.
The 25 students are trying to raise $75,000 in order to march with their instructors in the 2014 June parade, which marks the 70th anniversary of the allied landings in Normandy.
The cadets held a walk-a-thon at Benson on Friday.
The cadets are hosting a pancake feed, a run/walk and garage sale this year. For more information, click here.


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Visit archaeological sites at Al-Zubarah or take in the high-rises along the coastal Corniche promenade in Doha. Lose yourself looking for bargains to take home from bustling souk markets, then cool off on a boat trip to the islands surrounding the Qatar peninsula.
Browse the Souq Waqif for carpets and jewellery, puff on a fruit-flavoured shisha pipe or sip on some delicious Arabic coffee in the capital Doha. Visit Al Wakra, a former pearling village now a welcoming town, or the Al Zubarah Fort, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Perhaps escape to the salt flats of Khor al-Adaid – an inland sea bordered by sand dunes – for an exciting time in exceptional surroundings.
Wander the crescent-shaped corniche along the coastline of capital city Doha. The contrast of spectacular skyscrapers and the traditional dhows cruising the bay is a beautiful sight at sunset. Visit the nearby Museum of Islamic Art, a modern block at the tip of the corniche, which showcases both spiritual and secular art. Or journey to the Katara Cultural Village, whose stunning amphitheatre is the home of the Qatar Philharmonic Orchestra.
Get a closer look at Qatar's national animal at the Oryx farm in Al Shahaniya – a beautiful antelope with long spiked horns. Or capture the beauty of pure-bred Arabian horses at Qatar Race & Equestrian Club, or visit the camel racing track also in Al Shahaniya, which use robot jockeys. Take a desert safari to climb 196-foot-high sand dunes at Khor al-Adaid in a 4x4, or in the city, take an evening cruise in Doha to see the spectacular skyline at night and eat a delicious BBQ on board.
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If you haven't already, check out our other rundown of five games we want on the Wii U. We detail some of the games that we want to see make it to Nintendo's latest console. But now let's take a look at a different issue.
Nintendo has given gamers many franchises to fall in love with over the years. Many of gaming's classic and iconic titles, such as Super Mario Brothers and the Legend of Zelda, have been mostly due to the creative mind of Nintendo's own Shigeru Miyamoto. Yet outside of the main popular games that Nintendo has been known for, a few names have been lost or forgotten in the tides of time. While a few have received some sort of re-envisioning or homage in other games, they were never truly given the lime light as much as any of the other popular first party titles from the Big N. These are games that need to be given another chance for success and brought back into the public consciousness with a fresh coat of paint. These are a few games Nintendo needs to give a proper reboot.
Arguably the most requested titled Nintendo should revisit in the modern age of gaming. Originally known in Japan under the name "Mother", this was an epic RPG created for the SNES. The main hero of the game, Ness, was featured more recently in Super Smash Brothers and its subsequent sequels, but the original franchise never made it passed three titles only in Japan and one game released here in the US. Much of this is due to a lot of copyright and other legal issues that Nintendo has claimed to be difficult to get around, which has led to a lot of fans being disappointed over the years. Yet with the hope of a digital re-release of the original "Mother" games, now is the perfect time and opportunity for Nintendo to create a new Earthbound game. Hopefully this could be a reality sometime in the near future on a next generation Nintendo console, games like Kid Icarus Uprising show how certain titles that fans have loved for years are in need for a long overdue revisiting. Much of the original mechanics of the battle system could fundamentally be the same, but with a few additions for the Wii U gamepad could really make the game more modern.
Every gamer from back in the NES days vividly remembers Duckhunt. It was the one game everyone had to have that required a light gun pointed at the television screen in order to play. And while shooting at the various ducks flying in different directions on the screen, nobody could forget the lovable dog that appeared from the grass each time you missed hitting a duck. Duckhunt was a game that really got gamers going and one of the first to really bring an arcade light gun experience home on the NES console. It has been many years filled with a ton of re-releases, where we have seen Duckhunt in its 8-bit glory. With the release of the Wii U, it is high time that we get a new version of Duckhunt for Nintendo's next generation console. A new-school style Duckhunt would be a game that could really utilize the Wii U gamepad in various ways to really enhance the formula established in the original game. Old-school fans of gaming would very much enjoy being able to experience a new take on such a beloved game from Nintendo's early days.
Star Fox
Now while there have been new titles and sequels that take place in the Star Fox universe, none of them really captured the essence of the original SNES or N64 games. Star Fox was one of the very first SNES games to really push the limit of the hardware by having a 3D like gaming experience on a cartridge system. The main focus of the game was in the flight combat against enemies on various worlds, while more recent titles have gone off in various directions. A new Star Fox game that returns to the basic formula of AR-Wing combat in space and air would allow the franchise to make a full-fledged comeback. Using the Wii U gamepad controller could make for some interesting experiences and mechanics that Nintendo can take to the extreme, if handled correctly. Star Fox is one of Nintendo's beloved franchises, and it would be a shame for it not to have another great title take place in that universe.
It's painfully obvious that Mario has gotten a ridiculous amount of games that feature his many compatriots in the Mario Universe. Many spinoff games feature all of his friends and enemies, yet the main focus is still on Mario himself. However, there was a time where Mario's evil counterpart, Wario, starred in his own series of games on the Gameboy, Gameboy Advanced, and Gamecube. Warioland gave players the chance to be as devious as Mario's negative half while also diving into a brand new adventure filled with many secrets and treasure. The recent Wario Ware titles have featured the evil guy, but have taken off in a different direction and bear no resemblance to the series that came before. A new next generation Warioland game could have the same appeal as Nintendo's recent New Super Mario Brothers titles, but with a more devious and interesting twist with Wario being the main focus. Handled correctly, we could even get a pairing of both Wario and Waluigi, Luigi's evil counterpart, in one game for the very first time.
Wave Race
When most people think about racing games along with Nintendo, Mario Kart is usually the first one to come to mind. However Mario Kart was not the only racing games that were made by Nintendo, Wave Race was a title that dated all the way back to the original Gameboy. The main focus was on Jet Ski racing, tropical environments, and sunny skies; just about everything you would imagine for a bright game from Nintendo. Now while there has been Wave Race 64 on the N64 and Wave Race Blue Storm on Gamecube, there has not been an addition to the series on Wii or Wii U. A new game would definitely implement the motion controls and Wii U gamepad well to the gameplay and would be a different change of pace from the usual Mario Kart. Creating a new Wave Race game would give Nintendo a chance to flex their muscles with some fresher feeling IPs outside of the traditional popular ones that have dominated so much. Much like other bright racers on Nintendo consoles, such as Crusin World or Mario Kart, Wave Race would definitely have the flair and style to appeal to arcade racing fans.


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Steampunk Lady Explorer
Added Dec 9, 2009
by alyb
London, United K...
My first attempt at making a victoriana-inspired outfit, created as one of my outfits for a steampunk convention.
I made the skirt, jacket and hat (corset, blouse and parasol are purchased). Skirt and Jacket were made using historical inspired patterns and the hat was made up as I went along! I am also wearing a victorian style, lace trimmed petticoat, which I also made but stupidly forgot to photograph.
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Dec 10, 2009, 02.31 PMby alyb
thanks for the lovely comments all! i don't think I'm anywhere near as talented as most of the people on here but I put so much work into the outfit, want to show off what I've achieved! :-)
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Jul 12, 2011, 07.14 PMby nehozack
anywhere near as talented? AlyB – OWN it – you kick major sewing butt. Keep sewing and keep sharing, you do great work!
Dec 10, 2009, 01.25 PMby zozowahine
Fabulous! My boyfriend is obsessed with steam punk, this is going to make his day when I show him! Bet you went down a storm at the convention
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Dec 10, 2009, 02.29 PMby alyb
Thanks! Not a patch on what my boyfriend put together for his outfit – consisting mostly of bits of metal and tubing, so not really appropriate to post as a sewing project! :-)
Steampunk outfits are great fun to assemble though, working on a steampunk ballgown at the moment (fingers crossed!)
Dec 9, 2009, 11.34 PMby dreamfast
wow… :D
Dec 9, 2009, 08.11 PMby oscarthegrouch108
very lovely! great work!
Dec 9, 2009, 07.20 PMby badyan
This is awesome! I love it! You look great…
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The nation's smallest and most remote places are providing Mitt Romney's biggest margins in battleground states as the 2012 presidential race enters its final weeks.
In fact, rural counties are keeping Romney competitive in the states that are now up for grabs. That's what a new bipartisan survey indicates. The poll also finds that President Obama's rural support has plunged since 2008.
The telephone survey of 600 likely voters in rural counties in nine battleground states was conducted Sept. 15-18. A bipartisan polling team produced the survey for the Center for Rural Strategies, a Kentucky-based group trying to attract attention to rural issues.
The rural voters polled favored Romney by 14 points, giving him 54 percent. They said Romney would do a better job with the economy (54 percent), with rural issues (47 percent) and with sharing their values (52 percent). More than half are comfortable with Romney as commander in chief and with him keeping the nation safe and secure.
President Obama garnered 40 percent, a seven-point dive from rural battleground voting four years ago.
"Rural areas in this country are very tough for President Obama," says Anna Greenberg of Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research, a polling firm for Democrats. Greenberg conducted the bipartisan poll and provided analysis.
"Obama's lead is opening up primarily in urban and suburban areas," Greenberg says. "It's all the more reason that Mitt Romney needs rural America because it's the only place where he's really strong."
Greenberg's pollsters found a rock-solid Romney supporter in Stevens Point, Wis., when 66-year-old Donald Young answered the phone.
"Romney has a business background," Young tells NPR. That's key for Young because he says he was forced to retire from his painting business when the economy soured.
"Romney will do something to create a friendly business climate, and [businesses] will open up and start hiring and developing," Young adds.
The economy also has a 2008 Obama supporter now ready to vote for Romney.
"I just thought we'd be in a lot better position here in the United States than we are," says 26-year-old Nicole Heeringa, a single mother of two who works in a candy store in Waupun, Wis.
"Not a lot has been done with our economy," Heeringa continues. "I just want the economy to get better."
Republican pollster and political consultant Glen Bolger supervised the rural battleground survey and also provided analysis. He says rural voters are "going back to their more traditional voting patterns."
Republicans were in charge in 2008, Bolger says, and rural voters joined most of the rest of the electorate in saying, " 'We need a change.' Now you've got the Democrats controlling the White House [and] Senate all four years and the House for two years. People are [again] saying, 'Well, that's not working. It's time for a change.' "
The poll indicates that Romney's rural support is weakest among women. Obama polled better than Romney on only one question: Who would do a better job of addressing the needs and concerns of women? The president scored five points better.
Some of the women who said they were committed to Romney admitted to being ambivalent in followup interviews with NPR.
Obama "is just more appealing," says Erin Jordan, a 24-year-old nurse from Gallipolis, Ohio. "Even doing things like going on late-night shows like Jimmy Fallon and doing those little rap things. ... It just makes him more approachable."
When Jordan thinks of Mitt Romney, "I picture my dad," she says. "My dad's not always firm in what he believes in politically, I guess."
But Romney may still get Jordan's vote because, as a nurse, she's troubled about changes in health care under Obama, and she's concerned about more change if he's re-elected.
Still, the volatility encourages Democratic pollster Greenberg.
"I actually think it's possible that Obama picks up more support in rural areas, which will just bolster a growing lead, frankly," she says.
Republican Bolger disagrees.
"This is a really polarized electorate that we've got in 2012. There's not a lot of movement," Bolger says. "I think it's going to be very difficult for the president to chip away at Mitt Romney's big rural advantage."
In fact, there isn't much rural support up for grabs if the new survey reflects reality. Only 2 percent of those surveyed are undecided or noncommittal. Four percent indicated solid support for Libertarian Gary Johnson or another candidate. Only 3 percent were soft or leaning when they said they preferred Romney or Obama.
Romney appears to have the rural margin he needs to be competitive in battleground states. And Obama has failed, it seems, to hold on to enough of the rural voters who helped him become president.
Additional analysis of the survey is available at the Daily Yonder, a rural news service from the Center for Rural Strategies.
A lot of surveys show Mitt Romney following behind President Obama. But one survey has good news for the Republican candidate. It gives him a huge and solid lead among a key Republican constituency: rural voters in battleground states. The same survey shows that the President Obama's rural support has eroded since 2008.
Here's NPR's Howard Berkes.
HOWARD BERKES, BYLINE: People and geese flock to Waupun, Wisconsin, the migrating geese because there's prime habitat; people go to see the geese. So far, neither flock includes candidates for president, so single mom Nicole Heeringa is basing her 2012 vote on how life hasn't changed since 2008.
NICOLE HERRINGA: I thought we'd be in a lot better position here in the United States than we are. Not a lot has been done with our economy. I just want the economy to get better, is really all I want.
BERKES: Heeringa is 26 and works in a candy store. She checked the Obama box on her ballot four years ago, when 47 percent of the voters in rural battleground counties did the very same thing. That unusually strong rural showing for a Democrat helped get the president elected, but a new survey from the Center for Rural Strategies has the president seven points lower there now.
GLEN BOLGER: I think you're seeing two things happening. One is people saying this is a Chicago guy, he doesn't completely represent our values, he doesn't understand us.
BERKES: Glen Bolger is the Republican political consultant who supervised and analyzed the bipartisan survey, which included 600 rural voters in nine battleground states.
BOLGER: You know, he accused of being bitter by clinging to guns and religion four years ago, so we took a chance on him, he disappointed us, so we're going to go back to their more traditional voting patterns.
BERKES: That means big Republican numbers in rural counties, and the survey has Romney at 54 percent, a 14 point margin. That group includes Donald Young, a 66-year-old painter in Stevens Point, Wisconsin, who says he was forced into retirement by a weak economy.
DONALD YOUNG: Romney has a business background, so Romney will do something to create a friendly business climate, and these people will open up and start hiring and developing.
BERKES: The rural romp for Romney doesn't surprise Anna Greenberg, the Democratic pollster on the bipartisan survey team.
ANNA GREENBERG: I think this survey reinforces the overall geographic dynamics of elections in this country, which is to say big margins in urban areas for Democrats contesting the suburbs and losing rural areas big, but there's some things in the survey that are intriguing.
BERKES: Like this question: Who would do a better job of addressing the needs and concerns of women? It's the only question in the survey in which more respondents favored President Obama, and they did so by five points. That may help explain some indecision among some of the women polled. Erin Jordan is a 24-year-old nurse in Gallipolis, Ohio, who voted Republican four years ago, but says this about the president.
ERIN JORDAN: He's just more appealing to the general population. I mean even doing things like going on the late-night shows like Jimmy Fallon and doing the little rap thing that he did on there, it just makes him more approachable.
BERKES: And when Jordan thinks of Mitt Romney...
JORDAN: I picture my dad. My dad's not always firm in what he believes in politically, I guess.
BERKES: But Romney may get Jordan's vote, she says, because she's concerned as a nurse about changes in health care under President Obama and how that might change more if he's reelected. Still, this volatility encourages Democratic pollster Anna Greenberg.
GREENBERG: I actually think it's really possible that Obama picks up more support in rural areas, which just will bolster a growing lead, frankly.
BERKES: Well, there isn't much rural support up for grabs if the poll reflects reality. Just two percent of those surveyed didn't pick a favorite. Only three percent said they were just leaning toward a candidate. Mitt Romney seems to have the rural margin he needs to make him competitive in battleground states. Howard Berkes, NPR News. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.


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During the past week I have received over twenty requests for me to review this product so I have jumped it right to the front of the review queue. Over the past few weeks I have been lucky enough to try some of Glico's Pocky range from Japan and was surprised to find that Glico had released a product right on my very own doorstep in collaboration with Kraft Foods. These Mikado have actually been in my local Tesco for a good few months, though it was only recently that Kraft rolled out their promotional material in form of a rather hilarious advert (See HERE). Mikado is a pretty simple product and constitutes of 'thin biscuit sticks coated in milk chocolate', today I decided to see what all the fuss was about.
I am aware that the bigger Mikado packs are actually available for 59p in Tescos at the moment, however when I got there they were all sold out and had to settle for a more expensive 39.0g pack from my local Co-Op. I immediately liked the clear and friendly aesthetics of the packaging and liked the way the central red circle and white background grounded the product in its Japanese heritage. Inside the box the sticks were kept within a foil package that not only seemed to maintain the sticks in fabulous condition, but also made sure that the sweet biscuity scents smelt exceedingly fresh and tempting.
The first thing I noticed about the sticks was that the milk chocolate actually looked a lot thicker that I thought it would be. As well as looking more tempting it also tasted a whole lot better than I expected and really delivered some fine creamy, cocoa flavours with its wonderfully smooth taste. The chocolate was not only stronger in flavour than I expected but also had a very pleasant thick silky feel as it melted from the biscuit. The chocolate was not the only element that I was resoundingly pleased with. The biscuit sticks were also surprisingly flavoursome with some honey and butter notes very evident within the dominant sweet wheaty flavours. My only criticism of this product is the fact that it was so ridiculously moreish that the 39.0g pack felt woefully inadequate. Indeed they are low in calories and a good option for those in need of a chocolate hit on a diet, however it is certainly not a snack that provides a great deal of fulfillment.
Overall I would say that Glico have produced a fabulous product here and it is little surprise that the Mikado brand is causing such a buzz. The product delivers a wonderful chocolate and biscuit combination with its own incredibly moreish nature providing its only real negative. If you have been unsure on whether to invest in some Pocky from Japan then I would recommend these as a good basis to judge whether the brand is for you. As you can probably ascertain from this review this was a product that I very much enjoyed and will definitely be buying again in the near future. If chocolate biscuits are your thing then there are no excuses for you not to try these.
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SeeSaw video-on-demand service to close
Arqiva fails to find a buyer, internal email reveals
Arqiva is closing down its online video-on-demand service, SeeSaw.
SeeSaw, which was effectively put up for sale in January, will shut up shop at the end of June.
In an email sent to Arqiva staff today - and seen by Reg Hardware - company CEO John Cresswell said: "Despite varying levels of interest being shown [in SeeSaw], we have not received any firm commitment from any party."
SeeSaw was launched in February 2010, formed from the bones of Project Kangaroo, an ill-fated VoD platform development programme established in 2007 by the BBC, ITV and Channel 4 but knocked on the head in July 2009 by the Competition Commission.
Arqiva, which owns and runs the UK's terrestrial broadcasting infrastructure, bought Kangaroo's assets and spent six months turning them into a workable VoD service - SeeSaw.
It offers a range of BBC, ITV, C4, Five, MTV and Universal content, some for free, some at a premium using a rental model. Much of the free content is paid for by advertising, though SeeSaw will let you watch it without breaks if you pay £3 a month.
SeeSaw might have survived had YouView appeared by now. The would-be standard VoD platform, which is backed by Arqiva, was due to debut this year, but now won't be out - in boxes you can buy - until 2012.
YouView would have got SeeSaw onto TVs, not just the web, and thus to a potentially much larger audience. However, since many of SeeSaw's content providers are also YouView backers, YouView might have made SeeSaw redundant.
Possibly that's why Arqiva wanted rid of SeeSaw, but couldn't find, as Cresswell put it, "an investment partner or buyer who could help to take SeeSaw to the next stage in its growth and development".
He added: "We will continue to exhaust all possible avenues to find a buyer during the next month but, as a first step in closing the service, we have this week begun a formal consultation process by first discussing our proposal for closure with BECTU and the Group Employee Forum Broadcast and Media representatives and following this with briefing the SeeSaw team."
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February 22, 2007
MEMO TO: Vice Presidents, Deans, Directors, Chairs, and Administrative Heads
FROM: President Don W. Kassing
SUBJECT: Presidential Directive 2007-01, Executive Order No. 970, Student Conduct Procedures
As president, I have assigned responsibility for administration of CSU Executive Order No. 970, Student Disciplinary Procedures, to the Office of Student Conduct and Ethical Development in the Division of Student Affairs. The student conduct administrators in the Office of Student Conduct and Ethical Development will be responsible for determining whether to initiate disciplinary action for alleged violations to the Student Conduct Code and performing duties as proscribed in the Executive Order procedures.
The student conduct administrator will investigate complaints of suspected violations of the Student Conduct Code. Should it be determined that a violation has occurred, a conference will be held with the student to respond to the allegations. If an agreement is reached as to an appropriate disposition, the matter will be closed. If an agreement is not reached, the student may request a closed hearing with a hearing officer appointed by the president to determine whether formal disciplinary action is appropriate and/or to determine appropriate sanctions. The hearing is intended to be educational rather than adversarial. The hearing officer will make a decision based on information presented during the hearing and present a recommendation to the Vice President for Student Affairs, who then makes the final decision.
The student conduct administrator and the Vice President for Student Affairs are the only university personnel authorized to impose administrative sanctions for violations of the Student Conduct Code in accordance with Executive Order No. 970. Faculty members are authorized to impose academic sanctions for academic integrity violations. For more information, please see SJSU's Academic Integrity Policy (F06-01) available on the Academic Senate website.
Each campus president determines whether it is appropriate for attorneys to be present in all or some proceedings. San José State University does not permit attorneys to be present in any proceeding, which applies to both the student charged and the campus. Both the student and campus can consult attorneys outside of the actual proceedings. During the conference and hearing, the student and student conduct administrator may have an advisor, who is not an attorney, present.
Questions regarding Executive Order No. 970 may be directed to the Office of Student Conduct and Ethical Development at 924-5985.
Presidential Directive
San José State University is committed to ensuring a safe learning and living environment for students, faculty, and staff. The privilege of attending San José State University is accompanied by certain responsibilities to ensure this environment. The California Code of Regulations, Title 5, Section 41301 establishes behavioral expectations of our students to promote safety and good citizenship. The California State University issued Executive Order No. 970, named Student Conduct Procedures, on February 2, 2006 to outline procedures for administering the Student Conduct Code as well as ensuring students' rights to due process. Executive Order No. 970 supersedes Executive Order No. 628. The process is intended to be educational in nature, and appropriate sanctions may be administered.
It is the purpose of this Presidential Directive to assure that San José State University complies with the California Code of Regulations, Title 5, Section 41301 and California State University Executive Order No. 970 and to set forth how the Student Conduct Code is administered at San José State University.
Policy and Implementation
At San José State University the responsibility for administering the Student Conduct Code resides with the Director of Student Conduct and Ethical Development in the Division of Student Affairs. This position is responsible for carrying out the duties in Executive Order No. 970 assigned to the Student Conduct Administrator, including the determination of whether to initiate disciplinary action.
Use of attorneys is not permitted in student conduct proceedings at San José State University. This includes the informal conferences as well as formal disciplinary hearings. (See EO 970, Article III, Section 3 for additional details about attorneys.)
The duties of the president in Executive Order No. 970 are delegated to the Vice President for Student Affairs, including the appointment of hearing officers (Article III), review of final reports of hearing officers and issuing notice of the final decision (Article IV, Sections 5 and 6), and the imposition of immediate suspension (Article VI).


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The opening game of the season goes tonight, so I thought it might be helpful to review how Tony Granato ran his lines out against Boston in Colorado's first game this year, and try to predict what kind of match-up he would favour against the Oilers tonight
Let's start by taking a look at Edmonton's projected lineup (as per TSN):
Cole – Horcoff – Hemsky
Nilsson – Cogliano – Gagner
Moreau – Pisani – Penner
Pouliot – Brodziak – Stortini
Visnovsky – Souray
Gilbert – Grebeshkov
Staios – Strudwick
With that out of the way, here was Colorado's roster vs Boston, taken from Vic Ferrari's Head to Head Icetime program:
Smyth – Stastny – Hejduk
Wolski – Sakic – Jones
Tucker – Arnason – Svatos
McLeod – Guite – Laperriere
Foote – Clark
Liles – Hannan
Salei – Leopold
Granato seemed content to play a power-vs-power game, since the Stastny line spent about 70 per cent of their ice time lining up against either the Bergeron line (Sturm – Bergeron – Kessel) or the Savard line (Axelsson – Savard – Ryder). This probably won't change tonight; I'd expect Stastny's line to go head to head with Cole – Horcoff – Hemsky more often than not. Stastny went 11/22 in the face-off dot last night and won 51 per cent of the time last year in 1101 total face-offs; he should be a pretty equal match for Horcoff in the face-off department.
The Sakic line spent about half of their total ice-time playing against Marc Savard's line (Axelsson – Savard – Ryder). The Savard line was clearly Claude Julien's second choice against tough opposition (interesting to see Ryder on that line), since while Sakic is still quality (and Wolski's getting there), they're also lugging around David Jones (a minus player in both the AHL and NHL last year as well as not much of a scorer). The logical match-up is the Sakic line against the Pisani line; for obvious reasons, MacTavish will want to get his checkers out against his opponent's second-best line, while I really don't think Granato will mind that trade-off. I would expect Sakic to win a hole bunch of face-offs in this match-up; it wouldn't surprise me at all to see Penner taking the draws by the second period.
Granato kept the Arnason line away from the top two Boston lines; they played less than one minute against Boston's top-six forwards and spent 65 per cent of their time against the Kobasew line (Wheeler – Kobasew – Krejci). I think it's a no-brainer tonight that Arnason's line will go against Cogliano; from MacTavish's perspective it's the best possible match-up for the kids, while Arnason has a good track record against Edmonton and I think Granato will be comfortable with his line playing back-and-forth against the Kid Line. Arnason is a lousy face-off man, but he's still better than Cogliano (although he went 3–5 against Boston).
Colorado has one of the best fourth lines in the league; they played against all opposition against Boston and did fine, allowing one goal against the Kobasew line (Wheeler – Kobasew – Krejci). They'll be a good test for Edmonton's fourth line, and see spot duty against everybody else, likely without looking bad in the process. Guite wasn't great in the face-off circle last season but won better than 63 per cent of his draws in game one, and I'd give him a slight edge on Brodziak.
To recap, I'd expect the match-ups (for the most part) to be as follows:
Cole – Horcoff – Hemsky vs. Smyth – Stastny – Hejduk
Moreau – Pisani – Penner vs. Wolski – Sakic – Jones
Nilsson – Cogliano – Gagner vs. Tucker – Arnason – Svatos
Pouliot – Brodziak – Stortini vs. McLeod – Guite – Laperriere
With that in mind, I really think that the Cogliano match-up is going to be the key to this game (up front, anyway). The first two match-ups should be close (although I'd give Sakic a slight edge over Pisani) and the fourth lines role will be limited. Tyler Arnason is an Oiler killer (goals scored last season: against the Oilers -5, against everyone else -5) and Svatos is a dangerous player, while the Kid Line has a ton of talent and really ought to be able to outplay their opposition. It really could go either way.
Adam Foote and Brett Clark played four times as much against the Bergeron line as they did against any other in Boston. They are the obvious shut-down pairing; Foote's been at it for ages, while Clark remains one of the league's most under-rated defensemen. They will play a ton against the Horcoff line tonight, and I think Erik Cole and Adam Foote will be very well acquainted by the end of it all.
Liles and Hannan saw a ton of the Savard line vs Boston, and that really surprises me. While Hannan is something of a shut-down defender, J-M Liles last year was an offence-only player, a liability in his own zone. I imagine they'll see the second tier of Oilers opposition (largely out against the Pisani line, occasionally against the Kid Line)
Ruslan Salei and Jordan Leopold played about six minutes each against the Kobasew and Yelle lines. They occasionally played against the Savard line as well, and didn't see the ice at all against the Bergeron line. Tonight, I'd bet they spend most of the game against the Cogliano/Brodziak lines, and don't see the Horcoff line at all.
These are fairly good match-ups for both teams; there's no way that MacTavish is going to get around the Foote-Clark vs Horcoff line match-up tonight, so I doubt he'll even really try. The Liles and Hannan pairing strikes me as suspect; either of Dustin Penner/Ethan Moreau really should be able to physically overwhelm Liles, and it wouldn't surprise me at all to see that happen tonight.


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Problem Employees Exercise and Discussion
Participants at the ULS Mid-Level Managers Discussion Group at ALA Annual Conference 2011 discussed "problem employee" scenarios and brainstormed solutions.
Scenario 1:
One of your direct reports, a faculty librarian, does a stellar job with outreach to his assigned academic departments. He is an excellent instructor, is responsive to the needs of faculty and students, and has done an outstanding job building the collections in his subject areas. However, he is not a good "team player" when it comes to his librarian colleagues. He is frequently late to meetings, is often dismissive of others' ideas and suggestions, and is condescending to anyone he does not consider his equal or above. What do you do?
Discussion Solutions
- Address the various aspects of behavior in pieces--for example: one conversation about lateness to meetings, another about condescending tone, etc.
- Condescension/Talking Down: Talk to the employee about his tone, as he may not be aware of how he is coming across. This can neutralize the behavior.
- Tell the employee that he is valued and ask if he is willing to mentor less experienced employees.
- If the behavior continues, document it and address it in performance evaluations.
- Point out patterns to the employees.
Scenario 2:
One of your direct reports is friendly, dependable, gets along well with coworkers, and is generally very good at her job. However, during staff meetings, she frequently gets discussions "off track" by bringing up irrelevant topics or focusing on minor details of documents, projects, etc. in such a way that productive discussion and decision-making become impossible. What do you do?
Discussion Solutions
- Address the situation one-on-one with the employee, instead of during a meeting in front of everyone.
- During meetings, keep a "parking lot" sheet where off-topic comments and concerns are recorded and followed-up after the meeting. Make sure to report the results of these "parking lot" issues to close the communication loop and build trust with employees. Continue the parking lot at each meeting, so that employees can see when issues get resolved. Sometimes great projects get suggested! Employees feel heard.
- When you meet one-on-one with employees make sure that they feel heard and feel comfortable coming to you with issues, problems, ideas, etc.
Scenario 3:
One of your direct reports, a longtime staff member, is negative about everyone and everything and is resistant to change. Those employees with whom she works closely have also become negative and resistant to change. As a result, morale in your department is at an all time low. What do you do?
Discussion Solutions
For Morale Issues
- Bring the employee into the decision-making process and explain how important she is to the organization.
- Be more assertive about your expectations of the employee and her co-workers/team members.
For Resistance to Change
- Hold the employee's hand--explain that her knowledge is valued.
- Put the employee in charge of a project where change is guaranteed.
- Provide more training for areas where the employee struggles.
For Negativity
- Make sure the employee gets recognition for things that she is doing well.
- Help the employee to shift perceptions--how she views things and how others view them.
- Don't stop communicating!
- Help the employee to get what she needs--training, software, etc.
Scenario 4:
One of your direct reports, a faculty member, constantly misses deadlines. However, when he finally turns in work, it is always high quality. You have tried to work with him on time management, setting target dates, and deadlines, to no avail. His constant late work has begun to affect the other members on your work team and now Library Administration wants to know why your department is consistently late in turning in required reports, etc. What do you do?
Discussion Solutions
- Get the employee's agreement that there is a problem.
- Discuss the problem with the employee and explain how his behavior is impacting the work of the department/library, etc.
- Ask the employee if he has solutions--get him involved in the solution.
- Help the employee understand the consequences of not meeting deadlines.
- Explain that you will need to start officially documenting the behavior and its impact. Clearly list future steps for the employee.
- Have specific goals and deadlines--determine an appropriate action plan for reaching those goals and deadlines.
- Have a discussion about faculty expectations.
- Explain how you deal with deadlines.
Scenario 5:
One of your direct reports often has lunch/coffee with the associate dean, your supervisor. During this time, they often discuss work-related issues with the associate dean approving projects that you are not aware of. You find out about the project only after your direct report has begun working on the project and is at the point that another library department must get involved.
What do you do?
Discussion Solutions
- Make sure you maintain regular communication with the employee--in both directions--you communicate your involvement in projects that might affect the employee and ask him to do the same.
- Ask the Association Dean to keep you in the loop and make sure that they understand the impact of what is happening (when your employee agrees to work on projects that you know nothing about).